Starlight, Star Bright (8)
RULES FOR STEALING STARS by Corey Ann Haydu
Eleven-year-old Priscilla has always been left out of the things her three older sisters do, but when the family moves to their New Hampshire summer home for good, Mom is still depressed and drinking and Silly needs her sisters more than ever so they introduce her to the world of their magic closets, which may help or hurt their chances to heal. Each sister's personality is distinct, and the magical realism of the transportive closets is clever. The underlying darker theme of an abusive mother and checked out father is tempered with the love the sisters have for each other. A haunting, hopeful MG novel. (Katherine Tegen, 2015)
Eleven-year-old Priscilla has always been left out of the things her three older sisters do, but when the family moves to their New Hampshire summer home for good, Mom is still depressed and drinking and Silly needs her sisters more than ever so they introduce her to the world of their magic closets, which may help or hurt their chances to heal. Each sister's personality is distinct, and the magical realism of the transportive closets is clever. The underlying darker theme of an abusive mother and checked out father is tempered with the love the sisters have for each other. A haunting, hopeful MG novel. (Katherine Tegen, 2015)